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Article from the internal newsletter of Inter-Continental's Department of Interior and Graphic Design Technical Services Department, (Inter-Continental Hotel News, vol 2, no. 2, March/April 1966, p. 4-5).

The article describes the graphics…

Inter-Continental brought in leading American architect Edward Durell Stone to complete the design with Joseph Salerno, an architect who had worked on Inter-Continental’s Curacao hotel in Brazil.

Interiors and swimming pools designed by Neal…

The Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel, completed in 1961, was the first Inter-Continental venture outside of Latin America. Its Mediterranean setting and the cosmopolitan nature of the city, inspired architects Edward Durell Stone and Joseph P.…

The Hotel Frankfurt InterContinental was built in 1963 on the site of the former park facing the promenade known as the Nizza, a four-acre Mediterranean garden that runs alongside the river Main. At the time of the hotel’s construction, Frankfurt was…

The façade had a classical feel that was enlivened by the checkerboard pattern formed by the opened or closed position of the windows’ curtains. Ariana Park and the Palace of Nations, the former headquarters of the League of Nations that became the…

Exterior ground-level view of the Siam InterContinental Bangkok and its lily pond. The main building and roof were controversial, reminding Prince Kukrit Pramoj of a crematorium. The hotel was in operation from 1966-2002.

Architecture by Joseph…

Exterior ground-level view of the Siam InterContinental Bangkok and its reflective lily pond which surrounds the front of the building. The main building and roof were controversial, reminding Prince Kukrit Pramoj of a crematorium. The hotel was in…

The hotel (in operation from 1968-1974) was dramatically perched on a cliff above one of Tahiti’s famed black sand beaches, with descending tiers of rooms spread out below the ridge of the hill and balcony trellises draped in bougainvillea. Each room…

The Willard InterContinental Washington has a long and storied history, dating back to 1816 when a row of two-story houses was first built on the corner of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and transformed into a hotel. In 1901, Joseph E. Willard…

Photographic murals of city landmarks, blown-up, cropped, and rendered in a punchy, black-and-white graphic style, lined the corridors leading to the guest rooms.

Architecture by Otto Apel and Hannsgeorg Beckert.

Interiors designed by Neal…